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President Duterte ranks 69th most powerful man in the world

President Rodrigo Duterte is the 69th most powerful man in the world for the year 2018 according to Forbes Magazine.

Duterte also ranked 70th in 2016. Forbes didn’t release its ranking in 2017. There are 75 people in the 2018 list.

“There are nearly 7.5 billion humans on planet Earth, but these 75 men and women make the world turn. Forbes’ annual ranking of The World’s Most Powerful People identifies one person out of every 100 million whose actions mean the most,” said Forbes.

Here are the Top 10 most powerful people in the world:

Xi Jinping – China
Vladimir Putin – Russia
Donald Trump – United States
Angela Merkel – Germany
Jeff Bezos – Amazon.com
Pope Francis – Roman Catholic Church
Bill Gates – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud – Saudi Arabia
Narendra Modi – India
Larry Page – Alphabet

Source: https://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/list/#tab:overall